of staff fortheobamaadministration. theposition is being vacated by jack lew, who has been tapped to replace timothy geithner as treasury secretary. mcdonough has been one of the president's close adviser since the 2008 presidential campaign. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton will testify at a senate hearing next wednesday on the deadly raid on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. her successor, senator john kerry, will be confirmed as clinton's replacement as secretary of state the next day. >>> some reassuring news for pregnant women deciding whether or not to get a flu shot. in what is believed to be the largest study of the flu vaccine during pregnancy, researchers found no evidence that the shot increases the risk of miscarage. the study released by the new england journal of medicine this week even found that the flu vaccine may prevent some fetal death he is. >>> the aurora, colorado, movie these we are a shooting rampage killed 12 people and wounded dozens of others is reopening today. some six months after the july massacre, the theater's reopening has been divisiv

aviationadministration. >>>presidentobamaisfacing gop opposition after unveiling his $500 million gun control package. acting in response to the shooting rampage in newtown, connecticut, the president called on congress to ban the sale of military style weapons, smaller clips and have mandatory background checks. the president signed 23 executive actions on the issue. >>> a story that manti te'o's girlfriend has died of leukemia turned out to be false. the linebacker said he is the victim of a hoax calling it incredibly embarrassing to talk about it. te'o said wednesday he developed a relationship with a woman he met online and maintained it through computer chats and phone calls. te'o also said during the season that the loss of his girlfriend inspired him to help lead the irish to the bcs title game. however, with all of this the woman never existed. te'o said he is the victim of what was apparently someone's sick joke. >>> lance armstrong has just been stripped of his 2000 olympic bronze medal by the olympic committee. this is the latest punishment following a u.s. anti-doping repo